by Jim Cathcart, CSP, CPAE
This video message is just five minutes long and in it I explore the many ways to negotiate speaker fees so that you assure that the right speaker is booked for the meeting even when budget and fee don’t match.
(This is the first in a series based on my e-book: “10 Vital Issues for Bureaus and Speakers“.)
Your comments are welcomed.
New Video Resource: Viddler.com
I just discovered a new free video posting source much like YouTube. It is called Viddler.com.
My colleague Ed Oakley of Leadership Made Simple referred me to them.
Check it out. Here is a 1 minute 38 second message I recorded today.
by Jim Cathcart
“The way you Think today will shape the way you Live tomorrow.”
Most of us do not direct our thoughts but rather we simply experience them. It’s a shame that more people don’t realize that their thoughts are within their control.
Witness all of the million-seller book titles over the years:
The point is: for many generations it has been known and proven that Thought is the starting point of Circumstance. If you don’t like your current circumstances then your first and most important task is to determine what you want.
Let me say that again, your first and most important task is to determine what you want.
Not what you don’t want, but what you do want. Think clearly about the circumstances that you desire. If this is difficult for you then seek helpful resources. For example: clip photos from magazines of the objects of your desire. A photo of a home you’d like to build or buy, a place you’d like to visit, a position you’d like to earn, or a goal you wish to achieve. The more you can clarify your target visually the stronger your thoughts will be. Post a photo of yourself into the picture of your goal.
Next, seek information sources about your goals. Do a Google Search, look up the links and listings related to it. Read and explore them. Get your goal clearly in your mind. Interview others who can shed light on the goal. Find out what it is like from those who have been there. Caution: do not accept input from those who are skeptics or who have not “been there.”
See how many ways you can actually experience your goal, physically and mentally. If it is a home or car you desire, go test drive the car, visit the showroom, sit in it. See yourself holding a paid-in-full title to the car. Tour the home or ones like it. See yourself living there, debt-free. Visit the websites of your dream destination. Watch the video clips, hear the sounds, etc.
The real key to all of this is Activating Your Emotions. Once your picture is clear then the feelings generated by that picture will activate your commitment and discipline to achieve it. We can’t just instantly produce the emotions we want until first we have learned to direct our thinking. Once you master your thoughts, you will have mastered your life.
The way you Live tomorrow is being shaped by the way you Think today.
Visit the Online Bookstore at Cathcart.com for access to the great books on this topic and to my own resources designed to help you live as fully as you can.
by Jim Cathcart
Below you will find links to SEVENTY FIVE BOOK SUMMARIES!
Reading the RIGHT books and discussing them in the RIGHT way in the RIGHT forum can enhance your leadership skills and communication abilities. My friend, Frumi Rachel Barr, MBA, PhD has created a LEADERSHIP BOOK CLUB that can be your ongoing resource!
She has two resources for you: 1. The free Book Summaries and 2. The Leadership Book Club.
Here is why she created this club, In her words….
“I know how much time it takes to read a book and how many books are sitting on the pile, ready to be read. I don’t know about you, but after a while they started to make me feel guilty. I wondered when I would read all the books that I knew would make me feel better informed.
There was also another challenge that I encountered with reading a lot – all the books I read started to blend together in my mind and I couldn’t remember what I read in which book. That’s why I thought Book Summaries were a good idea. I could read many more book summaries than I ever could books. I started writing summaries on the books that I read so I could revisit them and remember what I read and where.
Then I started sharing my book notes with all the people I knew. My clients love to hear about what I have read so that they too can learn. That’s how a joint journey of learning about leadership, making difficult decisions, knowing how to have tough conversations and many other things began.
I was inspired to start a community of learning and that’s when sharing my book notes and starting a book club by teleconference was born.
Go to Frumi’s Books and Reports page at http://www.frumi.com/index.php/weblog/books_and_reports/
This month’s Book Summary is The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss.
The Book club will be discussing Leading with Questions by Michael Marquardt
To purchase the latest books as well as the Classics in the field of leadership and motivation, go to ourCathcart Institute Book Store. We have an affiliate link with Executive Books to get any book you want.
To fully appreciate how comprehensive Frumi’s Book Summaries are, check out this list from her website:
Book Reports From FrumiInterested in More Reports on Leadership?
by John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney, Howard Raiffa
M. J. Ryan
Frumi’s Book Recommendations Action Coaching by David L. Dotlich & Peter C.Cairo Adult Years by Frederic M. Hudson Beyond the Wall of Resistance by Rick Maurer Co-Active Coaching by Laura Whitworth henry Kimsey-House, Henry & Phil Sandahl Designing Conflict Management Systems by Cathy A. Costantino & Christina Sickles Merchant Developing High Performance People by Mink, Oscar G. Mink, Keith Q. Owen, & Barbara P. Mink Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman Executive Coaching: An Appreciative Approach by William Berquist, Kenneth Merritt, and Steven Phillips Executive EQ by Robert K. Cooper Finding Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Future Search by Marvin Weisbord & Sandra Janoff Getting to Resolution by Stewart Levine Half Time by Bob Buford Handbook of Coaching by Frederic M. Hudson High Performance by Bob Davies Hot Buttons: How to Resolve Conflicts and Cool Everyone Down by Sybil Evans and Sherry Suib Cohen Leading at the Speed of Growth by Katherine Catlin and Jana Matthews Leading the Revolution by Gary Hamel Life Launch by Frederic M. Hudson Living Your Best Life by Laura Berman Fortgang Managing Transitions by William Bridges Masterful Coaching by Robert Hargrove Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee Secrets of a CEO Coach by D.A. Benton Soar with Your Strengths by Donald O. Clifton, and Paula Nelson Strategic Renaissance: New Thinking and Innovative Tools to create Great Corporate Strategies Using Insights from History and Science by Evan Matthew Dudik Synchronicity by Joseph Jaworski The Age of Unreason by Charles Handy The Answer to How is Yes by Peter Block The Art of the Long View by Peter Schwartz The Business Coach by James S. Doyle The Heart of Coaching by Thomas G. Crane The Innovators Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner The Longevity Theory by David Mahoney and Richard Restak M.D. The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships by Lois J. Zachary The Power of Will by Anthony Paranello The Purpose of Your Life by Carol Adrienne The Set-Up-to-Fail Syndrome: How Good Managers Cause Great People to Fail by Jean-Francois Manzoni & Jean-Louis Barsoux The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey The Skilled Helper by Gerrard Egan The Sky is Not the Limit by Bob Davies The Team Coach by Donna Deeprose The Tipping Point: How Little Things can make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell The Power of Purpose by Richard J. Leider Visioning: Ten Steps to designing the Life of Your Dreams by Lucia Capacchione, PhD What Color is Your Parachute by Richard Nelson Bolles Whistle While You Work by Richard J. Leider and David A. Shapiro When Anger Hurts: How to Change Painful feelings Into Positive Action by Matthew McKay et al Who Moved My Cheese by Spenser Johnson M.D. You Just Don’t Understand. Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen, Ph.D. |
by Jim Cathcart
Let’s start 2009 off on a different foot. Instead of me writing an article to you, how about you taking one of my articles and sharing it with your family, friends and coworkers?
Here are three especially relevant articles that go well with the emergence of the new year.
Just go to the link and copy it then paste it into your email to others. Or, if you prefer, open the link, copy the article and send that to them. Please include my authorship & contact information. Thanks.
15 Powerful Ways To Grow Your Business This Year
11 Ways To Expand Your Life This Year
21 Ways To Grow Sales This Year
2009 will be what we all decide to make it. Let’s make it the best year we’ve had in a long time.
May God bless you and our world.
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Age Power: How The 21st Century Will Be Ruled By The New Old
